Important periodicals on dance
- Dance MagazineDance Magazine is a long-running glossy magazine published 12 times per year that offers color features on current companies and performers, dance news, reviews of performances, dance books, films and TV, and more.
--> Access it online via the database Academic Search Complete to see full text + pictures in PDFs of each individual article from 1998 to the current issue
There are also copies of older issues published 1948 - 1968 held in the periodicals department at the Young Library
- Dance Research JournalThe Dance Research Journal, published twice yearly, is the official journal of the Dance Studies Association, which formed in 2017 as the merged entity of the Congress on Research in Dance (CORD, founded 1969) and the Society of Dance History Scholars (SDHS, founded 1978). The Dance Research Journal carries scholarly articles, book reviews, a list of books and journals received, and reports of scholarly conferences, archives, and other projects of interest to the field.
--> Access it online via the database Project Muse for the full text of all articles published 2008 to the current issue;
--> Access older issues published from the 1970s to 2013 via the JSTOR database
- Dance ResearchDance Research is the journal of the (British) Society for Dance Research, published by the University of Edinburgh. It provides an international forum for the presentation and discussion of contemporary dance research and contains a section of comprehensive book and journal reviews.
--> Access it online via the JSTOR database for the full text of all articles published from 1983 (when the journal started) until the issue published three years ago; however, the most current 3 years are not available in JSTOR.
- Dance ChronicleThe academic publisher Taylor and Francis publishes Dance Chronicle for dance scholars, professors, practitioners, and aficionados. It provides scholarly research on a wide variety of Western and non-Western forms, including classical, avant-garde, and popular genres, often in connection with the related arts: music, literature, visual arts, theatre, and film.
--> Access it online via the JSTOR database for the full text of all articles published from 1977 (when the journal started) until the issue published seven years ago; however, the most current 7 years are not available in JSTOR.
- American Journal of Dance TherapyThe American Journal of Dance Therapy is the journal of the American Dance Therapy Association. It reports the latest findings in dance/movement therapy theory, research, and clinical practice via original contributions, case material, reviews, and studies by leading educators and practitioners in the field.
--> Access it online via the SpringerLink database for PDFs of all articles published from 1977 (when the journal started) to the present.
- Dance SpiritDance Spirit is a popular magazine for dance students that offers training tips, advice from experts, exercises designed for dancers, combinations, and competition news and results.
--> Access it online via the database Academic Search Complete to see full text + pictures in PDFs of each article published from 2001 to the current issue
Best Bets Online! Quick Online Resources for Dance Research
- The Jerome Robbins Dance DivisionThe Jerome Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library is the largest and most comprehensive archive in the world devoted to the documentation of dance.
- Jerome Robbins Dance Division Audio and Moving Image ArchiveA virtual space for dance enthusiasts and researchers alike to browse, search, compare, and comment on dance videos and images - then share their discoveries with others!
- So You Think You Can Find Dance: A Guide to ResearchA very useful short research guide by the Jerome Robbins Dance Division librarians.
- Best of the Web: DanceOver 200 links to dance resources online selected by the staff at the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- America's Irreplaceable Dance TreasuresThe Dance Heritage Coalition is a national alliance of institutions holding significant collections of materials documenting the history of dance and has published a collection of essays, images, and biographies of 113 American individuals and institutions that have made a significant impact on dance as an art form.
- Dance Heritage CoalitionDHC provides access through one portal to dance-related collections held by libraries, museums, archives, and dance organizations. Many of these finding aids are available through other websites or in person at their respective institutions. This portal provides the convenience of being able to search all dance-related collections that have been contributed, making it easier and faster for researchers to locate primary sources in their research topic.
- Dance Notation BureauThe Dance Notation Bureau (DNB) creates dance scores through a system symbol notation called Labanotation. Dance scores function for dance the same way music scores function for music, allowing the dances to continue to be performed long after the lifetime of the artist. DNB has produced and houses scores by artists such as George Balanchine, Paul Taylor, Antony Tudor, Bill T. Jones, Doris Humphrey, William Forsythe, José Limón, Laura Dean, and about 270 others.
- DNB Notated Theatrical Dances CatalogThe Dance Notation Bureau (DNB) Library maintains the world's largest collection of original Labanotated dance scores. This catalog is not a complete inventory of the DNB’s holdings but does include information regarding the most frequently requested materials used by stagers and researchers worldwide. It includes scores in Labanotation but not scores in other forms of notation, e.g., Benesh.
- American Ballet Theatre's Online Ballet DictionaryAmerican Ballet Theatre (ABT) has designed a unique interactive resource that pairs 170 terms from the Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet with videos and images of the positions demonstrated by ABT Company dancers.
Online databases for dance history
- JSTOR
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contains Dance Research Journal (1974-2013); Dance Research (1983- 3 years ago; most recent 3 years not available) ; Dance Chronicle (1977- 7 years ago; most recent 7 years not available) - Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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contains Dance Magazine (1998-present)
General Databases & Performance Videos
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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Multi-disciplinary full-text database with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. Indexes and abstracts more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. - Project Muse
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Covers literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, etc. Contains current full text scholarly journals which cover these fields and a significant collection of recent scholarly books. - JSTOR
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Searchable full-text journal backfile collection. Individual titles are listed in the E-Journals A-Z. - Arts and Humanities Citation Index
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The Arts & Humanities Citation Index in Web of Science indexes 87 major American and European art periodicals such as Apollo, ARTnews, Art Bulletin, museum journals, etc. - Films on Demand
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We subscribe to the World Cinema Collection. Films on Demand is also host to several individual streaming files, including our Appalshop collection. We no longer have access to the wider Films on Demand Collection. - Theatre in Video
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more than 250 performances of the world's leading plays - New York Times
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Read recent stories from the New York Times. Includes full text and, since May 2020, some selected images. Coverage: 1980-current
Music Databases
- Classical Music Library
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Streaming classical music service that enables listening and learning on campus and home computers. Includes c. 15,000 recordings, along with program notes, composer biographies, and images cross-referenced to the recordings. - Oxford Music Online
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A gateway to Oxford's music reference publications, offering users the ability to search Grove Music Online together with The Oxford Companion to Music and the Oxford Dictionary of Music, a total collection of more than 70,000 articles on music written and reviewed by subject experts and suitable for musical amateurs, professionals, and scholars alike. Please note: Database restricted to five simultaneous users - Music Periodicals Database
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Provides indexing, abstracts, and full-text articles from hundreds of international music periodicals and journals. Some complete journal runs are included, with indexing back to 1874. Coverage includes music education, performance, ethnomusicology, musical theater, theory, popular music, classical music, opera, music theory, music business, and more. - Music Index
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Contains indexing and abstracts of articles about music and citations for book reviews, obituaries, and news articles. Includes articles from over 660 journals; coverage dating back to 1964. - RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
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A bibliography of writings about music; includes hundreds of thousands of bibliographic records featuring citations, abstracts, and indexing. It covers publications from 1800-2021 and in all document types from around the world on traditional music, popular music, jazz, classical music, and more. Includes citations for all document types including books, conference proceedings, journal articles, dissertations, internet resources, and audio and visual recordings.
- RIPM: Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals
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An international annotated bibliography of writings on musical history and culture published in 17 countries between 1766-1962. Indexes the content of complete runs of journals and offers access to thousands of English-language translations of foreign documents. Some direct access to the full-text of the article cited.